The Uncertain Art
Thoughts on a Life in Medicine

This collection of essays by one of my favorite authors is aptly titled: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine, and given the long and varied experiences Dr. Nuland has had, this book had to be added to my ever growing collection of his prolific writings. Most of the essays are reprints from his articles o......more

Anyone who mentions the Flexner report without mentioning that it helped to close down pretty much every medical school for black or women doctors has a big heavy stupid white privilege knapsack shoved up his ass. Otherwise not such a bad dude, loved the end piece about his bromance with a heart tra......more

Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. - Hippocrates The Uncertain Art: Thoughts on a Life in Medicine is precisely what you’d expect from the subtitle – the musings of a physician after a lifetime’s work in the field (Nuland, a surgeon and teach......more

Excellent! Need to find more articles from the medical journal.......more

There were many interesting insights into not only the life of a physician but the art of medicine and the care, body and soul, of the patient. It is written in self-contained, essay-like format, so you can pick and choose which parts you find most compelling or interesting. The section on acupunctu......more